In the following presentation TITAN Salvage’s Director of Business Development, Lindsay Malen, will focus on the technical challenges of wreck removal and the intersection with protection of the environment in the case of the COSTA CONCORDIA. The COSTA CONCORDIA is considered to be the largest most complicated wreck removal in history.
How do street names tell the history of a city? After whom is Brady’s Landing and Barbour’s Cut named? Why was German Street changed to Canal and from where did the name Pasadena come? And why were elephants used to construct Spencer Highway? Houston historian Marks Hinton will share the history of the Houston Ship Channel and Port of Houston by exploring the history of street and location names. In this talk, Hinton will discuss our leaders and heroes, share myths and legends, and describe the humor and tragedies that are part of Houston’s history.
The Bicentennial Project of the Port of Houston by artist Judith-Ann Saks depicts the amazing history of a determined little inland town that wanted to be a port. From a meandering bayou to a first class port, Houston has achieved remarkable accomplishments – a port that is first in the United States in foreign waterborne tonnage, first in US imports and exports, and second in US total tonnage.
On March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long
Beach, CA, struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska at 12:04 a.m. local time, and spilled 260,000 barrels of crude oil in the first couple tides.
Rachel de Cordova and Todd Stewart discuss the maritime industry and their roles as a maritime attorney and president of a international logistics company, and how their experiences in the maritime industry have gotten them to where they are today.
Scott Birtle and Maria Burns discuss maritime transportation and what is like being a ship broker in the maritime industry, and how their experiences and past jobs have gotten them to where they are today in the maritime industry.
Steve Nelson & Jason Tieman discuss what is like in the maritime industry to be a Houston Pilot and Director of Maritime Operations at PortVision, and how their previous maritime jobs and experiences have gotten them to where they are today in the maritime industry.
Shanna Castanie and Amy Arrowood discuss human resources and marine logistics in the maritime industry, and how their previous maritime jobs and experiences have gotten them to where they are today in the maritime industry.
